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Rohit
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SJD/PhD Candidate, Central European University
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rohitsarma.bsky.social
Despite the wide ambit of discretion our judges are required to exercise, our legal system tries to ensure at the time of appointments that judges’ decisions conform to the legal method. But what happens when these mechanisms start failing?

theleaflet.in/constitution...
Judicial discretion in the era of Illiberalism
Despite the wide ambit of discretion our judges are required to exercise, our legal system tries to ensure at the time of appointments that judges’ decisions conform to the legal method. But what happ...
theleaflet.in
November 27, 2025 at 7:32 AM
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migo-ceu.bsky.social
📢 Film Screening & Panel Discussion: No Land for Anyone 📢

Join MiGo for a thought-provoking film screening and discussion on Germany’s alarming shift toward far-right migration policies.

📍 Gartenbaukino Parkring 12, 1010 Wien
📅 10 Dec 2025 | 18:00-21:00
November 9, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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migo-ceu.bsky.social
📢 Event alert 📢

Join us for a lecture by Pınar Dilan Sönmez Goftsios on the lived experiences of migrant workers in Budapest and Athens.

📍 Central European University, Vienna
📅 10 November 2025 | 10:50 am

🌐For details, see: events.ceu.edu/2025-11-10/t...
Thinking citizenship through the lived experiences of highly skilled migrants in Budapest and Athens
events.ceu.edu
November 6, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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migo-ceu.bsky.social
📢 Event alert 📢

Join us for a lecture by Jelena Dzankic, where she discusses her ongoing work on the unfolding of Citizenship-by-investment.

📍 D107, Central European University, Vienna
📅 18 November 2025 | 8:50 am

🌐For details: events.ceu.edu/2025-11-18/b...
The ‘black swans’ of citizenship: Citizenship-by-investment around the world
events.ceu.edu
November 6, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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migo-ceu.bsky.social
📢 Event alert 📢

Join us for a lecture by Rainer Bauböck, in which he builds on a recent debate at @globalcit.bsky.social by exploring the motives behind reparative citizenship and its normative value."

📍 D109 Central European University, Vienna
📅 01 December 2025 | 10:50 am
Reparative Citizenship: Offering Membership as Compensation for Historic Injustice
events.ceu.edu
November 6, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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migo-ceu.bsky.social
📢 Film Screening & Panel Discussion: Joy

Joy follows the story of Nigerian women trafficked into sexual exploitation in Austria, revealing both the violence of exploitation and the fight for autonomy within unjust systems.

📍 Central European University
📅 9 October 2025
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September 29, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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migo-ceu.bsky.social
📢 Friends at CEU DSPS and CEFRES are hosting a symposium on women’s resistance through art and cultural diplomacy

If you're in Vienna, don’t miss what promises to be a powerful and thought-provoking event

📍 Central European University, Vienna
📅 2–3 October 2025
🎟️ Free & open to all
September 26, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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migo-ceu.bsky.social
Interested in migration, citizenship, human rights, or transnational governance?

Join us to connect with faculty, students & researchers across CEU exploring human rights, mobility & global governance 🌍

🗓️ Oct 1, 2025 🕠 5:30–7:00 PM
📍 CEU Auditorium
September 23, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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apnews.com
President Trump urges all of Tehran to evacuate "immediately" in new social media post as he says Iran can’t have a nuclear weapon.
Iran renews missile attacks on Israel, killing 3 and wounding dozens
Iran has launched a new wave of missile attacks on Israel, triggering air raid sirens across the country as emergency services reported at least three killed and dozens more wounded in the fourth day of open warfare between the regional foes.
bit.ly
June 16, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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verfassungsblog.de
What if a TikTok ban says more about empire than about safety?

MARIE LAUR (marielaur.bsky.social) uncovers how the French TikTok ban in New Caledonia exposed colonial legacies at the heart of digital censorship and emergency powers.

verfassungsblog.de/the-tiktok-b...
Quote from our published article by author Marie: “Both the ban and its judicial review highlight and perpetuate the longstanding French tradition of experimenting with emergency powers to control the colonies and their populations.”
April 25, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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bethanyberger.bsky.social
Trump & his lawyers rely on the 14th Amendment's treatment of Native people to redefine birthright citizenship. In our Essay coming out in the NYU Law Review Online, Greg Ablavsky & I show how wrong that argument is. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Subject to the Jurisdiction Thereof: The Indian Law Context
<p><span>Section 1 of the Fourteenth Amendment provides that “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are
papers.ssrn.com
April 19, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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ingridgercama.bsky.social
The Rector of the University of Belgrade, Vladan Đokić, was summoned to the criminal police in New Belgrade. Faculty staff, students, and many other citizens have come out to support him. #studentprotests
April 18, 2025 at 8:23 AM
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maartenpvink.bsky.social
! major development: Italian gov restricts by decree transmission of citizenship abroad to 2 generations:

From now on if you are born abroad only Italian if: parent or grandparent born in Italy. Or if parent has resided in 🇮🇹 2 yrs before you were born

+ other restrictions upcoming (see 🧵 & below)
Key Provisions of the Decreto Cittadinanza Generational Limits: One of the most significant changes under the new decree is the restriction on generational claims for Italian citizenship jure sanguinis. Applicants must now demonstrate a direct connection to at least one Italian parent or grandparent, effectively eliminating claims through great-grandparents. This change ensures that citizenship is granted based on closer and more verifiable ties to Italy. Centralized Processing Office: The establishment of a centralized office for processing Italian citizenship jure sanguinis applications is another cornerstone of the decree. By consolidating resources and expertise, this office aims to improve the efficiency and consistency of the application process, reducing wait times and enhancing the overall experience for applicants. This is, for the moment, still not operative for a transitional period of one year. Increased Application Fees for Italian citizenship jure sanguinis: To cover the administrative costs associated with processing a high volume of applications, the decree has increased the application fees. The fee has doubled from 300 to 600 Euros, with potential future increases to 700 Euros. This adjustment ensures that the application process is adequately funded and can operate smoothly. Temporary Suspension of Italian citizenship jure sanguinis Applications withing the Italian Consulates: In response to overwhelming demand and backlogs exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, the decree has temporarily suspended the scheduling of new citizenship applications. This suspension allows the government to address existing backlogs and streamline the application process for future applicants.
March 31, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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ericblanc.bsky.social
Trump's executive order tonight has illegally cancelled union contracts for 67% of the federal workforce & 75% of unionized federal employees — roughly 700,000 union workers

This may be the single biggest attack on the labor movement in American history
March 28, 2025 at 3:17 AM
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rkdasgupta.bsky.social
A sign of our times that European institutes are opening doors for our US colleagues (which is rightly to be applauded) but where were they when academics faced similar/ worst forms of attacks-their unis being razed to the ground to govts locking up outspoken scholars from the global south
European universities offer ‘scientific asylum’ to US researchers fleeing Trump’s cuts
Academics from US hoping to escape funding freezes and ideological impositions are being actively recruited
www.theguardian.com
March 26, 2025 at 9:45 AM
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colinyeo.bsky.social
1. Quick 🧵 on the change to policy that, on the face of it, bans refugees from ever acquiring British citizenship. @sonial77.bsky.social has published a short article on Free Movement:

freemovement.org.uk/good-charact...

And I've done a follow up on my Substack:

open.substack.com/pub/wewanted...
New change to Home Office policy permanently blocks refugees from citizenship
Change is bad in principle and breaches the Refugee Convention
open.substack.com
February 11, 2025 at 9:53 AM
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southsouthmvmt.bsky.social
Join our Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian reading series.

Session 3: Security Theology, Surveillance & the Politics of Fear

We’ll read Chapter 2: “Price tagging Palestinians: Alternative methods of surveillance & control”.

🗓️February 13, 18:30 CET, via zoom

www.southsouthmovement.org/reading-seri...
February 8, 2025 at 5:47 PM
rohitsarma.bsky.social
“For 40 hours, we were handcuffed, our feet tied with chains and were not allowed to move an inch from our seats. After repeated requests, we were allowed to drag ourselves to the washroom. The crew would open the door of the lavatory and shove us in,” said Harwinder Singh.
Inside US deportation of 104 Indians: ‘Handcuffed, legs chained, struggled to use washroom for 40 hours’
The US military aircraft — a C-17 Globemaster — that the Donald Trump administration deployed made four pit stops for fuel refilling before landing at Amritsar Wednesday.
indianexpress.com
February 7, 2025 at 7:04 AM
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thetnholler.bsky.social
When they tell you who they are, believe them
February 4, 2025 at 2:36 AM
rohitsarma.bsky.social
The court in Wong Kim Ark argued that the 14th amendment was introduced to ensure that birthright citizenship could not be repealed by an act of Congress. Certainly an executive order cannot do what Congress cant.
January 21, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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maartenpvink.bsky.social
Here full text of POTUS order on birthright citizenship

Mentions Dred Scott but not decisive SCOTUS ruling in Wong Kim Ark. Suppose Trump lawyers are aware that Wong will make it hard for them to win this case in court. 

www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Protecting The Meaning And Value Of American Citizenship – The White House
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.
www.whitehouse.gov
January 21, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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jessicawhyte.bsky.social
Senator Lindsey Graham: “any ally, Canada, Britain, Germany, France, if you try to help the ICC, we’re gonna sanction you.” The rules-based international order in action.
www.mediaite.com/tv/lindsey-g...
Lindsey Graham Tells Allies ‘We’re Gonna Crush Your Economy’ if They Arrest Netanyahu for War Crimes
Sen. Lindsey Graham threatened a potential global economic meltdown if U.S. allies attempt to enforce an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
www.mediaite.com
November 23, 2024 at 5:10 AM
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southsouthmvmt.bsky.social
Our Palestine Solidarity Series returns with a reading series on Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian's work on liberation, anti-colonialism & the resilience of 🇵🇸 communities under Israeli occupation.

In collab with the Association for Middle East Women’s Studies.

www.southsouthmovement.org/reading-seri...
November 22, 2024 at 11:13 AM
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southsouthmvmt.bsky.social
Our ‘Groundings’ series is back this coming week.

(Re)read Walter Rodney’s ‘How Europe Underdeveloped Africa’ with us!

Co-organised by @antonioalcazr.bsky.social & Jan Orbie

🗓️ 20/11, 5pm CET

Sign up here:
⚡️ www.southsouthmovement.org/projects/cou...
November 16, 2024 at 4:46 PM